Ingredients:

4 smokies sausages,

2 chicken breast halves,

1 large can diced tomatoes,

1 onion,

3 cups chicken stock,

1/4 cup lentils,

1/4 cup garbanzos,

1/4 cup okra(chopped coarse),

salt and pepper to taste.

Bring stock to a boil and add the lentils and garbanzos. Simmer for 1 hour.

Chop smokies and chicken breasts into bite size pieces. Add to broth.

Chop onion and add to broth mix. Add tomatoes and rest of ingredients. Put in a pinch of garlic powder and a pinch of white sugar.

You might have to add more stock or water to even out proportion as it cooks. Simmer for another 2 hours, or until garbanzos and lentils are tender. Check for taste as it cooks and add more salt, etc. to suit your taste.

Serve over chunks of french bread, baguette, or garlic/parsley croutons. You can add other spices as well if your taste desires-like parsley, basil, etc. If you like really hot foods, add some chili peppers or powder, or any kind of hot sauce.

I hope you all enjoy this. It’s great on cool autumn evenings.